On Wed, 19 May 2004 00:31:59 -0400 Karl Hakmiller <karlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have been running 4.3 but had a problem I couldn't fix so I thought > I'd just install the newer version and get on with life. Wrong! > > I followed the online INSTALL instructions (I read that a detailed doc > on the 4.4 release was not yet available but what was there looked > detailed enough to go ahead, so I did). > > Everything seemed to go normally enough but after going thru the > "install" and then the "configuration" (with XFree86 -configure) I > rebooted, logged in as root, and was confronted with a screen having > only a mysterious "table" with Clients/Session Log/Checkpoint/Shutdown > cells that is as far as I can get in starting X. I have no idea what > this is for, why I am seeing it and what I need to do to get past it. What you are seeing is the simple, default window manager (twm, I think.) Unfortunately, installing the binary resets all the X init scripts to some really dumbed down minimalist configuration. I never could get my real ones back on, though I had saved the whole /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6/bin directories before installing 4.4. So I took the easy way out and create a ~/.xinitrc file with "exec gnome-session" in it. > > I've looked at all the docs on the X86 Home site and found no clues to > its function or meaning. > > I'd appreciate any information anyone can give me about this "table" > or what I ought to do about it. [BTW, I'm not on that machine as I > write this, or does that go without saying? :)] > > > Karl L > Email: karlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Homepage: http://hakmiller.rootsweb.com > ============= Linux Lives! ============ > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 -- Guy Rouillier _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
